RigtharAug 9, 2023
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📖 According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, the world will end on a Saturday. A Saturday quite soon, in fact.

The whole of our six-part adapation of @neilhimself and Terry Pratchett's wonderful 1990 fantasy Good Omens is on BBC Sounds now - and you can listen from anywhere in the world. Tell your friends, good or evil.

#NeilGaiman #TerryPratchett #fantasy #drama #funny #GoodOmens
https://bbc.in/3qgSXt7

BBC Sounds - Good Omens - Available Episodes

Listen to the latest episodes of Good Omens on BBC Sounds

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Aug 9, 2023 at 2:18pmWeb
Show threadBBC Radio 4Aug 10, 2023

🏝️ Did you listen to @neilhimself's Desert Island Discs? His eight favourite records, from Bowie to Nyman to Tori Amos to, er, Gilbert & Sullivan? It's a real treat.

Listen on BBC Sounds.

#NeilGaiman #DesertIslandDiscs #music #BBC #GoodOmens

https://bbc.in/3rWwS3h

Desert Island Discs - Neil Gaiman, writer - BBC Sounds

Neil Gaiman, writer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.

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Show threadRaAug 10, 2023
@BBCRadio4 @neilhimself will listen once audio is outside walled garden, thanks.
Show threadBBC Radio 4Aug 11, 2023
@Ra @neilhimself Search your podcast app, Ra, you should find the RSS version :-)
Show threadclacke: exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛Aug 11, 2023

@BBCRadio4 You are making the feed really difficult to find. So far I'm unsuccessful. Please improve the show page and include a rel link or at the very least a link that can be manually copied.

@Ra @neilhimself

Show threadclacke: exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛Aug 11, 2023

@BBCRadio4 Ah, you meant the Desert Island Discs podcast. It does indeed have a podcast tab on the programme page.

As for Good Omens, apparently it goes under this clause: "If the podcast you've chosen doesn't have a Podcast tab, it's likely this is a BBC Sounds Exclusive podcast"

Or, as the rest of us call it: "not a podcast"

bbc.co.uk/sounds/help/question…

How do I subscribe to a podcast or programme? | BBC Sounds

There are several ways of subscribing to a podcast or programme depending on the device you're using. Click on the links to find the advice that best suits you: 

Show threadRaSep 9, 2023

@BBCRadio4 @neilhimself

Finally, The News Quiz is once again rss-ing without the 2 week lag. https://feeds.bbcsoundsrss.media/TheNewsQuiz.rss
Bless the sanity of whoever sorted that out.

Edit: ok, so I got that slightly wrong ,it's not BBC affiliated — but it is the right thing to do. #rss

Show threadjohnaldisJun 26, 2024
@BBCRadio4 @neilhimself What’s the “er” for? That sounds like the same breadth as my musical taste…
Show threadGarret Aug 9, 2023

@BBCRadio4 I’m going on a road trip soon, and I might just have to put this on.

Cc @neilhimself

Show threadMael DuinAug 9, 2023
@garretble @BBCRadio4 @neilhimself
I've got an eight-hour ferry ride tomorrow. Now I know what's gonna be on my headphones
Show threadmathewAug 11, 2023
@maelduin13 @garretble @BBCRadio4 @neilhimself Don't forget your gold coin for the ferryman.
Show threadRolandOfGileadAug 9, 2023
@BBCRadio4 also a great TV version on Amazon Prime.
Show threadBBC Radio 4Aug 9, 2023
@RolandOfGilead If you like that sort of thing ;-)
Show threadDetourAug 9, 2023
@BBCRadio4 Oh Hell Yeah BBCR4's Actually Posting Here! I Listen On 198 All The Time!
Show threadBBC Radio 4Aug 9, 2023
@Detour 198 rocks, of course, but I'm sorry to say the long wave transmitter's going to be switched off next year. Do you have the BBC Sounds app on your phone?
Show threadDetourAug 10, 2023
@BBCRadio4 I'm Afraid Neither Of My Phones Support BBC Sounds, 1 Is A NOKIA And The Other's A BlackBerry.
Show threadJoshAug 10, 2023
@Detour @BBCRadio4 There's still FM at least. An app for a proprietary platform shouldn't ever become the primary means of accessing a public service, and since we are gradually going in that direction I'd rather not use it. I know there's a website too (and DAB) but everywhere nags about the app. Nope for me. And I'm in my 30s!
Show threadDetourAug 10, 2023
@krnlg @BBCRadio4 I'm Definitely With You On This 1. The App Cannot Be The Main Access Method, Especially When We Have Other Very Suitable Widespread Technology To Listen.

Even Just With Radio, As Much As FM Is Convenient For My Car, Reception Is Dead Indoors, And Even If We Ignore The Extremely Low Quality Stream, DAB Is A Mess Which Breaks Up All The Time Even With An Outside Antenna. LW Is King.
Show threadSimon LucyAug 10, 2023

@BBCRadio4 @Detour

After an internal battle of 30 years and the myopia that those that can't receive FM or DAB are bound to have Internet.

LW was the emergency bandwidth, do we think an internet connection is more likely to work than a long wave transmitter? That feels like hubris.

I imagine nuclear submarine commander orders have had to change.

Show threadclacke: exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛Aug 11, 2023

@simon_lucy Is DAB still going?

@Detour @BBCRadio4

Show threadSimon LucyAug 11, 2023

@clacke @BBCRadio4 @Detour

Oh yes, everyone doubled down on DAB, as it's over the 50% coverage the Gov has to decide on the future and the switch off of FM and AM. Given the gaps in coverage I can't see that happening soon and there's no budget to either switch horses or strand about a third of the population.

Show threadGaurav VaidyaAug 9, 2023
@BBCRadio4 With cameos by Pterry and @neilhimself themselves IIRC!
Show threadTad van Sander 🇺🇦🇵🇸Aug 9, 2023
@BBCRadio4 @neilhimself nice one, I'm already on ep.2 😀
Show threadeffikaAug 9, 2023

@BBCRadio4 @neilhimself

This is such a good adaptation! Happy to see it get more attention.

Show threadFlorianGDAug 9, 2023
@BBCRadio4 @neilhimself ça parle de Pratchett, donc je tag @Padre_Pio 😉
Show threadAkshayAug 9, 2023

@BBCRadio4 @neilhimself

I just listened to first episode! This is fabulous!

Show threadTimothy WynnAug 9, 2023
@BBCRadio4 @neilhimself Awww. BBC doesn't have the full version. I bought it on Audible a while back but had to return because the quality was so bad. Do you have a purchase link anywhere for the uncut version of the series?
Show threadclacke: exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛Aug 11, 2023
@twynn What's missing?
Show threadTimothy WynnAug 11, 2023
@clacke From what I can remember just a few lines of dialogue here and there. For example, the radio version's first episode is like 28 minutes long, and the full version is 36 (I think). Numbers are from memory, but I rather have the full version at decent audio quality.
Show threadDJDarrenAug 10, 2023

LB: A friend of mine is in this, somewhat briefly, playing Elvis. Terry is in it as well, also briefly, in a scene with Neil where they play coppers.

It's a truly wonderful adaptation.

#GoodOmens #GNUTerryPratchett

Show threadJBAug 10, 2023
@BBCRadio4 @neilhimself is there any way to listen offline - say on a North American transcontinental flight tomorrow?
Show threadIestyn Lloyd Aug 10, 2023
@BBCRadio4 @neilhimself @settern this is great. It’s the first book I read—when I was 14—that made me realise that books could be wonderfull and extrodinary.
Show threadFormerProjectionistAug 23, 2023
@BBCRadio4 @neilhimself It immediately brought me cheer upon discovering that this works even in Sweden ❤️